Ben Rea(Ray)

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 May 2007 12:50

so i had a session today and it was going wicked good like i was hitting really solid strings like clip>far clip>far pickup>clip>far clip>legover>clip>far osis>diving clip>far ducking clip>far clip> stepping mirage>hand catch......hawt. i think i am tons better than that though, i KNOW i am, i could put in spinning or frigidosis, butterflys, pixies, more ducking, rev whirl stuff, DATW, mirages, flip stepping, more symp stuff. i really feel like i could have done huge links today but then i got too excited and busted out the video camera.....it just took away all of my confidence and i lost my game, it just went straight to shit. so that sucked. hopefully i can get my shit together tonight and have a better shred...

janis · Post by **janis** » 22 May 2007 14:55

good to see you are stepping it up a bit, and don't worry about the camera, it's important to play just for yourself sometimes.

just curious, which direction do you prefer for datw?

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 May 2007 17:26

I prefer in-out on my right foot and with my left i can almost do both

(still working on flipside)

My girlfriend got me iHome for my birthday!!!!!

NOW I CAN FOOTBAG WITH MUSICCCCCC!!!! thank god!!!

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 22 May 2007 18:36

jealous! tell her to send me one too!

lol

happy birthday dude.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 23 May 2007 02:36

haha, she was jealous that she had to spend that money on one for me

she has been wanting one forver but she had to save her money to buy me one...she could have just gotten me a footbag and i would have been happy.

thanks

mc · Post by mc » 23 May 2007 07:38

what a sweetheart... that's a nice nice nice present. I wish I had an iPod and that thing.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 23 May 2007 15:26

i noticed i always focused better when my mother came outside and i was able to be a lot more controlled and consistant, hitting bigger stuff mid string. so i came to the conclusion:

Video camera: bad
People: good

But its true, i try to impress people so it makes me focus but when i have a camer there is no one visibly there to impress so i get nervous.

my b2b clips and b2b ducking clips where so consistant, loved it. stepping was super clean on both sides, most notably my flipside and butterflies are getting clearner too on flipside although tomorrow night i think im going to have to drill them.

i also ran 4 miles today with my mom in the woods, im pretty wasted.

HG · Post by HG » 23 May 2007 16:43

happy late birthday ben! I hear some good things about your bags, cant wait to play with one at worlds

Pyroman924 · Post by **Pyroman924** » 23 May 2007 16:51

Hey Ben. I hadn't realised I had been that much of a motivation to anybody really. 8 ) That brightened my day a lot actually. I wouldn't honestly say I'm better. We just excel in different areas. I did notice that you had hit Double Around The World a little while ago and meant to comment on it but got tied up with my mother yelling heh. But props man. And Happy Late Birthday!

Can you hit Dyno on both sides? If yes, how about Far Dyno both sides? If yes, hit Stepping Same Side Dyno back to back.

Also, try some Ducking Reverse Whirls for me.

We'll have to get back to motivating each other, I'm lacking in that area right now. 8 P

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 23 May 2007 18:19

thanks henry

i'm actually giving one away that i just stitched, i hate selling footbags, i dont want to steal peoples money so i just give them away

so its just a simple number guessing game, pick a number 1-1000 , whoever is closest...wins! it will just be a fun and simple 1 day thing to promote the use of 12p footbags instead of 32's. I will change the footbag world...you'll see.

I'm glad i got to make your day so much better allan. i have never tried flip dyno, in fact i havnt tried my strong dyno in a while, good point! im trying to learn flip rev whirl so i can do b2b paradox ducking whirls

I wouldnt worry about ducking whil type of things though because its not a very crucial move, i only say that because im really working on getting solid strings, not hitting big moves (althought they are fun to hit!) just dont waste your time drilling them

peace.

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 24 May 2007 04:36

Go solid strings!

mc · Post by mc » 24 May 2007 08:10

good strings pal, how about a pic of your mc freakshow bag now that it's broken in? or maybe a video of you using it? is that the bag in your DATW vid?

matt

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 24 May 2007 10:37

no i used a mosher for that one, i wish i could take a pic but my camera got stolen. i could take a snap shot of it with my video camera and put it on You tube, its an awesome bag, one of my top favorites!

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 24 May 2007 13:02

THERE ARE OTHERS!!!!!!!!!!

so im wicked excited! im getting together on saturday with pat thomson and his friend greg to shred, we have been talking back and forth for a long time because he said he lives about 10 minutes away from me?! holy crap, this is soooo nice, i finally have someone else to shred with! THANK THE LORD!!! im so freakin excited!!!

get ready for the wrath of the Syracuse Footbag Alliance

I had a sick session today, heres the highlight:

Clip>far pickup>clip>far clip>far clip>far clip>far clip>Ripwalk>far clip>Blurry rev whirl>diving clip>far ducking clip>ripwalk attempt drop

i still know i can do better

Pyroman924 · Post by **Pyroman924** » 24 May 2007 13:32

Awesome man! I played with Pat at YEAH on New Years. He's a good player and a cool guy. But yeah, try out some DYno action man. They're really fun when you can hit Near and Far from both Toes and Clippers.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 24 May 2007 14:18

yeah i tired dyno's looks like i lost them a little bit, i hit one which is kinda sad but its a start.

he is a cool guy? im glad

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 25 May 2007 15:32

here is a modest string, not one of my best but its just something for reference to show you where im at...kind of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IZ-wBYRBM

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 26 May 2007 13:12

I had a pretty sick session with pat today..it hurt

it was pretty good though i hit some new stuff, i can already tell there will be a lot progress between the both of us. its awesome.

I nearly sprained my ankle doing backside blur, i'll try it again tomorrow.

I hit blurry symposium reverse whirl. (5 adder

) i wanna do it flipside so i can do them b2b.

I hit Blurry reverse guay

wierdnesssssss (pat hit it too)

Ripwalk>ducking far clip>rpt

Ripwalk>Blur>clip>rpt (several times)

Pixie symple legover

Bunch of smears mid string

Lots of other nasty stuff

fablulous session overall

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 26 May 2007 14:20

ripwalk>blur doesn't rpt

unless your talking about toe ripwalk, which would be tripwalk>blur> rpt, and this only repeats on the same side

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 26 May 2007 14:51

thanks yea, sometimes i forget i pop in a clipper to get back to the ripwalk.

edit: fixed

modified

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